Col. Muammar Gaddafi in 1969, the year he rose to power in Libya.
Former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Gaddafi in 1969.
Gaddafii in 1975 at summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
Gaddafi in Paris, France in 1973.
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Gaddafi and his second wife, Safia, wave to crowd in 1985.
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Gaddafi wore a white glove during the first session of a conference of Arab leaders in Algeirs in 1988.
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Gaddafi and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square in 1990.
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Gaddafi at at wreath-laying ceremony in Minsk in 2008.
Gaddafi with President Barack Obama at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
Gaddafi at a ceremony in 2009 marking the birth of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad.
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Despite advances by the Libyan rebels, Gaddafi greeted supporters in Tripoli with a victorious gesture on April 10, 2011.
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Libyans carrying Gaddafi's portrait of Moammar Gadhafi inside a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 as the former rebels stormed the capital.
